Mozambique: Full Catastrophe just Emerging

March 23, 2019

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Taylor said the bodies were located on a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) track of highway, where flood waters had created an inland ocean, submerging entire villages around a “densely populated” sugar cane plantation. The area is a mere fraction of the land in the southeast African nation left flooded after two major rivers burst their banks in the days following the storm.
In a statement, IFRC said that flooding creates ideal conditions for disease outbreaks.

At a press conference in Beira, Mozambique Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário said the official number of people killed in Mozambique had climbed to 293, adding that “we believe that figure will rise.”
More than one week on from the storm’s initial impact, the United Nations confirmed that 259 lives were lost in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi.

5 Responses to “Mozambique: Full Catastrophe just Emerging”

  1. Sir Charles Says:

    Some 1.7 million people are said to be affected across southern Africa, with no electricity or running water in areas where homes have been swept away and roads destroyed by the floods. The UN puts the overall death toll at about 700 people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

  2. Sir Charles Says:

    The Buzi and Zambezi rivers are at risk of breaking their banks again.

  3. Sir Charles Says:

    This is like war!

  4. John Says:

    Reblogged this on jpratt27 and commented:
    Time to join the Extinction Rebellion

  5. Sir Charles Says:

    Poorest countries most affected by extreme weather, but they “did not do anything to create it”

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